At the Australian College of Nursing's recent National Nursing Forum, assistant director of clinical services at Cairns Day Surgery, Sharon Downman, spoke about nursing informatics and why it is important to nurses. While the concept isn’t new, it has resurfaced ...

Australians can now opt out of My Health Record. Starting today and for the next three months, the Australian Digital Health Agency is giving all consumers the opportunity to decide whether they want an online summary of their key health ...

It might look like the nurses at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) in Adelaide are gearing up for the new Steven Spielberg movie, Ready Player One, but there’s a good reason they’re equipping young patients with virtual reality glasses. ...

Queensland-based pathology lab InfinityPATH has announced it will upload its pathology reports to the My Health Record system to improve the state's health outcomes. The announcement follows similar agreements made by Primary Health Care, Australian Clinical Labs, Sonic Healthcare and ...

Robots will guide the hands of stroke survivors to retrain the brain in a new research project that aims to help people overcome spatial neglect. The neuropsychological condition often occurs after damage to the right hemisphere of the brain and ...

New eHealth initiatives won’t benefit staff or patients if policymakers and hospital administrators focus solely on meeting organisational goals and metrics, Australian researchers warn. Instead, experts from the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research say, implementations should be seen as ...

Robots don't always have the upper hand - new studies suggest that humans make better surgeons. As hospitals spend millions on robotics and new technology, studies by Leeds University and Stanford University have revealed that robots used in medical settings ...

A new project aims to develop technology that translates conversations between older CALD adults with dementia and carers. The ability to talk into a device and have it translate and relay the message to another person could be a game-changer ...

Luke Skywalker did it. will.i.am did it. Now, nursing students from the University of Canberra are exploring the use of hologram technology. Assistant professors of nursing Dr Jane Frost and Lori Delaney, and professor Robert Fitzgerald have introduced the HoloLens ...

A new survey, focussed on the way different sectors approach technology, has revealed a mismatch between the views of firstline health workers and executives. The research, commissioned by Microsoft, highlighted an eagerness among firstline health workers to engage with technology, yet ...